Literacy Support Assistant

Thornhill Academy, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7NA

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 25

• Closing date

  20 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4, Actual salary £21,411.73 – £23,292.94

Literacy Support Assistant job summary

Join us as a Literacy Support Assistant at Consilium Academies, where a strong sense of collaboration, honesty, and a commitment to excellence and equity with integrity underpin everything we do.

Are you passionate, driven, and committed to delivering exceptional support? This is your chance to be part of an enthusiastic team at Consilium Academies, where we strive to provide the highest quality education for our students.

We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, and approachable Literacy Support Assistant to join our team.

To work with the teacher in charge of the library/literacy lead in the running, development and promotion of the library resource center ensuring an effective service is provided that promotes a love and appreciate of reading.

Begin your journey with a team dedicated to empowering every student to achieve their full potential. If you share our values and have the vision and ambition to drive excellence, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will present the best possible example of professional standards to colleagues.

Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.

The closing date for applications is Monday 20th January 2025 at 9am.

Interviews will take place on a date to be agreed.

We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!

Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Consilium Academies is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which Consilium Academies might want to explore with you. Further information on online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Thornhill Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 596 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Thornhill Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thornhill-academy (opens in new tab)

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